Do ankle braces provide similar effects on ankle biomechanical variables in subjects with and without chronic ankle instability during landing?

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摘要 <正>Purpose:Thepurposeofthisstudywastoexamineeffectsofasportversionofasemi-rigidanklebrace(ElementTM)andasoftanklebrace(ASO)onanklebiomechanicsandgroundreactionforces(GRFs)duringadroplandingactivityinsubjectswithchronicankleinstability(CADcomparedtohealthysubjectswithnohistoryofCAI.Methods:Tenhealthysubjectsand10subjectswhohadmultipleanklesprainsparticipatedinthestudyasthecontrolandunstablesubjects,respectively.TheCAIsubjectswereage,bodymassindexandgendermatchedwiththecontrolsubjects.Thearchindexandanklefunctionsofthesubjectsweremeasuredinasubjectscreeningsession.Duringthebiomechanicaltestsession,participantsperformedfivetrialsofdroplandingfrom0.6m,wearingnobrace(NB).Element?braceandASObrace.Simultaneousrecordingofthree-dimensionalkinematic(240Hz)andGRF(1200Hz)datawereperformed.Results:TheCAIsubjectshadloweranklefunctionalsurveyscores.ThearchindexanddeformityresultsshowedgreaterarchdeformityofElementTMagainstastaticloadthaninNBandASOduetogreaterinitialarchpositionheldbythebrace.CAIparticipantshadgreatereversionvelocitythanhealthycontrols.TheASObracereducedthefirstpeakverticalGRFwhereasElementTMincreased2ndpeakverticalGRF.ElementTMbracereducedeversionrangeofmotion(ROM)andpeakeversionvelocitycomparedtoNBandASO.Inaddition,ElementTMreduceddorsiflexionROMandincreasedpeakplantarflexionmomentcomparedtoNBandASO.Conclusion:Resultsofstaticarchmeasurementsanddynamicanklemotionsuggestthattherestrictionsofferedbybothbracesareinpartduetomoredorsiflexedanklepositionsatcontact,andhigherinitialarchpositionandstifferankleforElementTM.
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出版日期 2012年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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